Changes in Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Fragile Adults over Fifty Years of Age and in Elderly People Exclusively Fed Enteral Nutrition

Table 1

Nutritional composition of the experimental and reference diets.

	Experimental	Reference
Energy (kcal/dL)	100	103
Proteins (g/dL)	4.0	4.0
Carbohydrates (g/dL)	12.3	14.05
Fat (g/dL)	3.9	3.47
Saturated (g/dL)	0.93	0.70
Monounsaturated (g/dL)	2.02	2.00
Polyunsaturated (g/dL)	0.95	0.77
Essential fatty acids (g/dL)	0.85	0.76
n-3 LC-PUFA (mg/dL)	110	—
Vitamin E (mg/L)	10	0.23
n-6 : n-3 ratio	6.3 : 1	10 : 1
Fibre (g/L)	1.70	1.44
Total minerals (g/dL)	0.71	0.57

The product contains a vitamin complex to satisfy 100% of the recommended vitamin intake for the elderly assuming a daily intake of 1500 kcal (6276 kJ). n-3 LC-PUFA: n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.